Compliance Specialist II

General Roles and Responsibilities

• Provide staff and service providers with updated grant guidance and regulations
• Avoid improper record keeping of notices, policy alerts, and guidance
• Aid in the development and implementation of programmatic and fiscal policies, guides, and manuals
• Offer technical assistance and training on compliance requirements for staff and service providers
• Support the development of a programmatic training curriculum for staff and service providers

Competitive Compliance and Section 8

• Provide staff and service providers with updated federal guidance and regulations
• Avoid improper record keeping of federal notices, policy alerts, and guidance
• Aid in the development of a training curriculum for staff and service providers
• Research competitive grants for city departments on grant sites such as grants.gov, grantsolutions.com, justgrants.gov, etc.
• Maintain metrics of competitive grant applications shared with city departments, applied for, and awarded for quarterly tracking purposes
• Assist departments with writing needs
• Aid the section 8 team with writing needs
• Complete EIV and LSO checks for section 8
• Communicate changes to regulations, best practices, notices, etc., promptly to management and all impacted parties

Schedule and Complete Annual Recertifications

• Coordinate with property managers to ensure accurate lease end dates
• Maintain Mod Rehab wait lists for all properties
• Share with tenants opportunities to increase income
• Communicate changes to regulations, best practices, notices, etc., promptly to management and all impacted parties

Qualifications

• Training and Development Expectations: Department Policies and Processes Program Specific Curriculums (based upon responsible programs) HOPWA CDBG ESG HOME System Access Expectations: ATLCloud (Oracle) HUD IDIS HUD DRGR HUD Exchange Account HMIS Office 365 – Microsoft Teams and SharePoint
• Minimum Education and Experience Requirements: A bachelor’s degree in a related field Three (3) to five (5) years of work experience with government entitlement programs and mortgage underwriting experience, loan servicing and intake, credit counseling, banking, and federal program management experience A degree can be substituted with relevant work experience in federal program management, mortgage underwriting experience, loan servicing and intake, credit counseling, banking, and federal program management experience.
• Preferred Education & Experience: Master’s degree in a related field At least three years of direct experience in federal grants management related to HOPWA, HOME, ESG, CDBG, Section 8 Moderate Rehab, underwriting, and fiscal management.

Essential Capabilities & Work Environment

• Physical, lifting, and sensory capabilities are required to perform the job successfully under typical environmental conditions associated with employment.